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Lafayette city, Oregon: commercial real estate data.
Lafayette city is a Census city of 4,490 people across 0.93 square miles of land, in Yamhill County. Median household income is $97,771, 87.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.8 m.
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Lafayette
What Lafayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.93 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,850
- County holding the largest share of its areaYamhill County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
How many people live in Lafayette
- Population4,490
- Median age36.1
- Population under 181,058 plus or minus 248
- Share under 1823.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over626 plus or minus 243
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Households1,450
- Family households1,158
- Share of households that are families79.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
Income and work in Lafayette
- Median household income$97,771 plus or minus $25,956
- Per capita income$31,804
- Civilian labor force2,306
- Employed2,127
- Unemployed179 plus or minus 139
- Unemployment rate7.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over3,121
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.7 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
Housing in Lafayette
- Housing units1,450
- Occupied units1,450
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,261
- Renter occupied189 plus or minus 129
- Ownership rate87.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$417,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,181 plus or minus $669
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Single family units1,197
- Share single family82.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes253 plus or minus 133
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
How Lafayette gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,936
- Commuting under 15 minutes329 plus or minus 143
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more929 plus or minus 242
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.0 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled16.3 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
SBA loans in Lafayette (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,794,200
- Average approval$965,700
- Median approval$680,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,550,000
- Largest approval$3,550,000
- Jobs supported31
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Yamhill County, not Lafayette
Yamhill County context, not Lafayette figures
These are Yamhill County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lafayette measurements.
- Establishments in Yamhill County2,760
- Employment at those establishments, Yamhill County32,438
- Covered employment, Yamhill County39,371
- Average annual pay, Yamhill County$54,993
- Average weekly wage, Yamhill County$1,058
- Housing units permitted, Yamhill County316
- Of those, single family, Yamhill County262
- County product, 2024, Yamhill County$5,157,864,000
- County product change over the prior year, Yamhill County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Yamhill County$78,386
Every figure in this section is published for Yamhill County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lafayette. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lafayette questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lafayette, Oregon?
4,490, in 1,450 households. Lafayette city covers 0.93 square miles of land, which is 4,850 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lafayette in?
Yamhill County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lafayette?
$97,771. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $417,100. Median gross rent is $1,181 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lafayette businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $5.8 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $680,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lafayette, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lafayette borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lafayette. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lafayette figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Yamhill County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lafayette.
Is zoning published for Lafayette?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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